National Rail Awards 2020 – Roll of Honour
Freight & Logistics Achievement of the Year
WINNER: iPort Rail - Year-on-year success
HIGHLY COMMENDED: GB Railfreight - Growth in intermodal and 2019 performance
HIGHLY COMMENDED: DC Rail & VTG Rail - Collaboration to switch used ballast from road to rail
Customer Service Excellence
WINNER: GWR and ADi Access - Railway's First RoomMate
HIGHLY COMMENDED: South Western Railway - Assisted Boarding points: Transforming Accessible Travel
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Great Western Railway - Platform Zoning
Sustainable Business Award
WINNER: Eminox, Porterbrook & South Western Railway - Helping passengers to breathe more easily by cleaning up diesel trains
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Merseyrail - Sustainability as a key priority HIGHLY COMMENDED: Amey - The Midland Main Line upgrade
Great Place to Work
WINNER: GB Railfreight
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Southeastern
Infrastructure Achievement of the Year
WINNER: Amey Rail - Market Harborough Line Speed and Station Improvement
HIGHLY COMMENDED: MPT - Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park Extension HIGHLY COMMENDED: Network Rail and partners - Cardiff Intersection Bridge
Fleet Excellence Award
WINNER: Hitachi Rail & ScotRail - Class 385: The UK's most reliable new train
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Govia Thameslink Railway - Fleet Introduction and Cascade Programme HIGHLY COMMENDED: South Western Railway - Overcoming the odds on the Island Line
Innovation of the Year
WINNER: Atkins - Atkins Signalling Method
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Network Rail, Govia Thameslink Railway & Siemens - Automatic Train Operation has arrived in London
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Greater Anglia & Stadler - New low-floor bi-mode train with retractable step
Safety Achievement of the Year
WINNER: Motion Rail - Motion Reality
HIGHLY COMMENDED: South Western Railway & Network Rail - Trespass and Welfare Officers: Helping the vulnerable for a safer railway
HIGHLY COMMENDED: MPT – Delivering health, safety and wellbeing differently on the Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park Line project
Outstanding Teamwork Award
WINNER: Great Western Railway & Network Rail - The Railway Family Celebrates International Women's Day
WINNER: Network Rail, Great Western Railway, MTR Elizabeth Line & CrossCountry - Big Plan. Big Change. Big Team.
HIGHLY COMMENDED: SYSTRA Ltd, Network Rail & Colt Construction - New roof over Leeds City station concourse
Station of the Year
SMALL WINNER: Transport for Wales - Chirk
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Great Northern - Downham Market HIGHLY COMMENDED: Northern - Hindley
MEDIUM WINNER: Avanti West Coast - Penrith
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Northern - Worksop HIGHLY COMMENDED: Merseyrail - Ainsdale
LARGE WINNER: Greater Anglia - Norwich
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Network Rail - Stratford International HIGHLY COMMENDED: LNER - Durham
MAJOR WINNER: Network Rail - Reading
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Network Rail - London King’s Cross HIGHLY COMMENDED: Network Rail - Glasgow Central
Passenger Operator of the Year
WINNER: KeolisAmey Docklands
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Merseyrail HIGHLY COMMENDED: Southern Railway
Outstanding Personal Contribution
WINNER ( FRONTLINE): Najla Almutairi, Station Assistant, Southern Railway
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Darryl Peters, Finance Assistant, Siemens
WINNER ( MANAGEMENT): Katrina Treacy, Customer & Community Engagement Officer, MTR Elizabeth line
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Susan Fishwick, Training Lead for the ‘Get Into’ Programme, South Western Railway
WINNER ( SENIOR MANAGEMENT): Mike Brown MVO, Former Commissioner of Transport for London
Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER: Chris Hopcroft, Former Train Manager, GB Railfreight
WINNERU: Siggy Cragwell, Platform Supervisor, Elstree & Borehamwood, Govia Thameslink Railway